单词 | to stand back |
释义 | > as lemmasto stand back to stand back 1. intransitive. To move backwards and take up a standing position further away (from something). Frequently in imperative. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > backward movement > move backwards [verb (intransitive)] > retire, withdraw, or retreat > and take up a position to stand backc1390 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > backward movement > move backwards [verb (intransitive)] > retire, withdraw, or retreat > out of the way to give rooma1350 to stand backc1390 to make way?a1425 to stand aback?a1439 to make rooma1450 roomc1450 give wayc1515 to give by1633 shunt1869 to move over1914 extend2000 c1390 Vision St. Paul (Vernon) in C. Horstmann Minor Poems Vernon MS (1892) i. 256 He bad him stonde bac..Þat he mihte sustene þat stynk. 1567 N. Sanders Rocke of Churche xvi. 380 Is it not a kind of gouerning, to command him to stand back? 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III i. ii. 38 My Lord, stand backe and let the coffin passe. View more context for this quotation 1684 J. Bunyan Seasonable Counsel 227 He saith..to all that are forward to revenge themselves; Give place, stand back, let me come. 1785 Lounger No. 4. The ladies had now got through the defile, and we stood back to make way for them. 1875 Ld. Tennyson Queen Mary i. i. 1 Stand back, keep a clear lane. 1909 M. Beerbohm Yet Again 23 ‘Stand back, please’. The train was about to start, and I waved farewell to my friend. 2009 E. Wyld After Fire, Still Small Voice (2010) ii. 33 ‘Ta-da’, said his father and stood back so that they could both admire it. 2. intransitive. In extended and figurative use. To withdraw (from a situation, issue, etc.), esp. (in later use) to distance oneself emotionally in order to take a dispassionate view. ΚΠ 1646 Hundred & Six Lessons (single sheet) Let every lust of thy heart stand back, to make roome for Christ. 1855 Sci. Amer. 1 Dec. 95/1 Carbonic acid gas is much inferior to steam in this respect, and must stand back for the present. 1963 Art Bull. 45 75/1 At times he stands back from himself without illusion, almost whimsically revelling in the vanity of the motives he finds. 2016 Church Times 9 Sept. 31/3 All his life, one of his greatest gifts as a scholar was his ability to stand back from the text, and interpret it illustratively for the layman. < as lemmas |
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